{"id":36435,"date":"2025-06-26T03:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/sounds-like-summer-fingal-festival-in-a-van-2025-balseskin-reception-centre-not-for-website-private-community-event\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T03:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:03:04","slug":"sounds-like-summer-fingal-festival-in-a-van-2025-balseskin-reception-centre-not-for-website-private-community-event","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/sounds-like-summer-fingal-festival-in-a-van-2025-balseskin-reception-centre-not-for-website-private-community-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van 2025 &#8211; Balseskin Reception Centre (NOT FOR WEBSITE &#8211; Private Community Event)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van<\/strong> returns to Fingal from Friday, 20th June bringing music, spoken word, and dance to every corner of the county!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking place over six days in the last two weekends of June, this tour is a free, open-air, open-to-all celebration of Fingal\u2019s community spirit and creativity. With Festival in a Van dropping down and lifting off like a spaceship everywhere, from Ballyboughal to Balseskin, audiences are encouraged to grab their sunhat and a picnic blanket, and step out their front door into a summer wonderland of live performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taking place Friday 20 June \u2013 Sunday 22 June, and Friday 27 June \u2013 Sunday 29 June. For full locations and details, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/festivalinavan.com\/soundslikesummer\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExNGhLSzcySkJkeVVYMUxpOQEej6jjiAw9VRwaX7XmD3m0loa5TDpE6e17bUvbGGT1_xMdbP5U3TA4NOhNb1I_aem_T9P33zaS5x-4VP6o8GWEyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><strong>https:\/\/festivalinavan.com\/soundslikesummer\/<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, 27th June 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Private Community Event) \u2013 Balseskin Reception Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured acts: Sage Against the Machine and Elikya&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36436,"template":"","class_list":["post-36435","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van 2025 - Balseskin Reception Centre (NOT FOR WEBSITE - Private Community Event) - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van returns to Fingal from Friday, 20th June bringing music, spoken word, and dance to every corner of the county!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/sounds-like-summer-fingal-festival-in-a-van-2025-balseskin-reception-centre-not-for-website-private-community-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van 2025 - Balseskin Reception Centre (NOT FOR WEBSITE - Private Community Event) - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sounds Like Summer: Fingal Festival in a Van returns to Fingal from Friday, 20th June bringing music, spoken word, and dance to every corner of the county!&nbsp; Taking place over six days in the last two weekends of June, this tour is a free, open-air, open-to-all celebration of Fingal\u2019s community spirit and creativity. 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